https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:24:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550696 Tue, 17 May 2016 16:28:51 +0000 mrswilson2012 2550696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If those were my options I'd go with the basement laundry room. We currently have our laundry room upstairs with the bedrooms and I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550625 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:52:19 +0000 avivoca 2550625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer it in the basement or on the first floor. But that's all I'm used to. Right now, it's in my kitchen/dining room and I don't have a place to hide my drying rack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550624 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:49:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 2550624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: yeah we are in New England- too cold for garage I think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550620 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:45:52 +0000 MediaNaranja 2550620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would do it in the basement, especially if it is partially/fully finished. I use a drying rack for a lot of stuff and leave it there for a week or more sometimes because I'm lazy, and it would bother me if it were always out on display in a powder room. I had laundry in a garage while I was in grad school and on the coldest days the pipes would freeze and you'd have to wait for it to warm up before doing laundry, so I vote definitely no on the garage! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550619 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:45:49 +0000 cascademom 2550619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like ours on the first floor. Ours is more or less in the mudroom with a big closet and door out to the detached garage. We can close a door and not hear it washing the clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550618 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:45:06 +0000 Mamaof2 2550618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: basement! and install a laundry chute from the upper levels :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550615 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:39:04 +0000 Foodnerd81 2550615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: I know what you mean! Our current laundry is the smallest size available, by before it was shared with our building, so huge step up. </p> <p>If we did move it to the basement, it would when we finished the entire basement bits already half finished (complete with a 70s era bar no less...). So no misty basement laundry but still the extra stairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550582 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:12:53 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2550582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I would rather in the powder room, less walking. I've had it in the kitchen before.</p> <p>At this point I'd just be happy to stop having shared laundry though. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550580 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:09:58 +0000 Kemma 2550580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in New Zealand and most new builds have their laundry in the garage because most families line dry their washing and it provides easy access to the washing line! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550562 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:46:19 +0000 psw27 2550562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted basement, because I feel like the powder room would always be messy or have stuff drying everywhere and I like our guest areas to be neat-ish. I don't like garages so I guess I would vote basement, especially if it is partially finished because then if the LOs are down there playing you can sit and fold and do laundry while they are in there. Just seems more practical than hanging out in the garage. Plus I don't want my clean laundry in the garage, that seems spidery and dusty to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550548 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:24:34 +0000 brownepiano 2550548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted powder room. Ours is in our only full bathroom. It is big enough that I have space to sort piles etc. My parents had theirs in the basement and bedrooms on the second floor. It was always cold and annoying to do laundry. I much prefer it being on the first floor even if it is unsightly on laundry day. </p> <p>Would there be space for a hamper it laundry sorter near the bathroom or in the bathroom? That might help for when you run out of steam. Other wise a basement laundry might work better for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550542 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:18:40 +0000 looch 2550542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't want to bring some of the things I've had to wash near my bedroom, lol, so I voted basement laundry room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550537 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:15:35 +0000 winniebee 2550537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted powder room. Ours is technially in our mudroom so we don't have much space. But I much prefer having it in our living area rather than in garage/basement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550535 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:13:42 +0000 Pirouette 2550535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ours is in the mud room, which is on the first floor off the garage. I love it there even though there's no space to fold or anything. the machines are big enough and we do laundry constantly so there's never a build up or anything. when we first bought our house, the laundry was in the basement, but we promptly bought machines that would fit in the mudroom, because the basement seemed like too much of a pain (but, as I said, we do laundry very frequently so having it close by was a necessity). I generally fold it upstairs before putting it away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550527 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:07:57 +0000 littlebug 2550527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of your 3 choices, I'd go with the basement. However, our laundry is on the 2nd floor, in a closet in the hallway in the middle of the 3 bedrooms, and it's thebomb.com. I'll never go back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550517 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:56:01 +0000 mediagirl 2550517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer our set-up. Laundry room upstairs near our master bedroom. Don't have to move the laundry up and down stairs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry/page/2#post-2550504 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:46:30 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2550504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Garage. Oversized garage though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550499 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:43:15 +0000 lamariniere 2550499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted basement. We are in a single level apartment and have our laundry in a weird closet hallway thing and I hang dry a lot of clothing, but the hanger thing is in the hallway, which I hate. I would love to be able to have all of that out of sight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550496 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:42:02 +0000 babynumber1 2550496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not one of your options but i like laundry on the same floor as the bedrooms, since thats where it is generated. I would hate basement laundry and wouldn't give up a guest bath for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550495 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:41:11 +0000 Tanjowen 2550495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love having mine in our finished basement. It's nice to not have laundry piled up around guests. One day I might get very tired of hauling it up and down 2 floors, but so far I'm okay with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550488 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:38:53 +0000 catomd00 2550488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Basement if it's finished, otherwise powder room I guess. No part of me wants to do laundry in a dark musty basement lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550482 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:35:54 +0000 yoursilverlining 2550482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of those options, I would have my laundry in the basement. Whenever I see laundry in a downstairs bath, it always makes the room look messy, even if everything is picked up. </p> <p>We have a laundry room on the second floor, and it is one of the features I’ve ended up loving the most. Previously, I’ve always had laundry in the basement. It’s a PITA, but not a huge one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550472 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:30:04 +0000 ShootingStar 2550472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With your options, I'd choose 1st floor powder room. But really, I'm never buying another house that doesn't have 2nd floor laundry. I love love love having the laundry close to where the clothes actually are and not having lug baskets down flights of stairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550448 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:15:02 +0000 Foodnerd81 2550448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluebonnet: our drying rack currently lives in the stand up shower in our second bathroom, alongside the Costco size toilet paper and paper towels. When people come over I just close the shower curtain. (We don't use that shower ever because the kids take baths in the master bath and Dh and I shower in the master). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550438 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:05:57 +0000 BadgerMom 2550438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a tough one. None of those would be my ideal laundry situation but... I think I would have to go with the basement laundry room. I HAVE to have a laundry room that can be closed off, I am just not that tidy when it comes to laundry and if you already have to lug it down a flight of stairs, what's two? But, if I was good at doing laundry on a regular basis and didn't make such a mess then I would probably like the powder room situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550437 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:05:48 +0000 Bluebonnet 2550437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to live in a house where the laundry room was off the powder room and it was awful. I hang dry/line dry a lot of things (bras, yoga pants, any clothes that say "line dry", etc), and there wasn't a place to put the drying rack except in the powder room. So every time guests came over, I had to make sure nothing was drying on the rack and put away the rack. </p> <p>Of the options listed, I'd select laundry in the basement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550426 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:02:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 2550426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: in my house, I sort all the laundry, do one or two loads and run out of time or steam, and end up throwing all the rest of the sorted laundry into the hamper, then new laundry gets thrown on top of it, and I have to sort it all over again next time I do laundry. It's a very efficient system I have worked out. :silly:</p> <p>Eta: we have the worlds smallest washing machine so lots of small loads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550418 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:00:45 +0000 MaryM 2550418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: In my family, we don't sort laundry until we're about to do it. And hampers live in bedrooms. So not having a place to leave dirty laundry is sort of foreign to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550400 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:54:02 +0000 Foodnerd81 2550400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: oh that looks really nice! But still no where to leave the sorted clothes waiting to go in or dry clothes waited to be folded (my laundry does a lot of waiting). </p> <p>In this house, which is totally hypothetical since we are very not sure if we would buy it, definitely no space upstairs with the bedrooms. But it would be somewhat tucked away from the living areas in the first floor, on the other side of the house from where th TV would be. </p> <p>And we would leave it as is for a while anyway since we will have far more important projects to work on first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-rather-laundry#post-2550398 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:52:48 +0000 edelweiss 2550398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ideally there would be a dedicated laundry room on the same level as all the bedrooms, but barring that, i chose dedicated laundry in basement. </p>